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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

It's never worth your time to argue with a TERF/GC. Or a MRA/MAGA/whatever. They're all about forcing you to accept their presuppositions, which are generally wrong.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/18/gender-critical-logic/

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• 1. The sexes–male and female–have been around since before Saturn had rings. 2. Societies have not. 3. If something predates societies, then it cannot be a social construct. 4. So, the sexes–male and female– cannot be social constructs. (remote)

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matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange ("Matthew Green") wrote:

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whitequark ("Catherine") wrote:

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linuxgal@techhub.social ("🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭") wrote:

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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

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annmlipton@esq.social ("Ann Lipton") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

from the #caturday #CatsOfMastodon Department: our dear departed friend, LittleGuy

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• we found LittleGuy as a long-legged adolescent one terrible Winter, so skinny and afraid. he was wearing a flea collar which was cutting off his ability to swallow, because he had grown so much. he was my buddy for 15 years, and then a brain tumor took him. I miss him still.

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“The version I encountered seemed (and I’m aware of how crazy this sounds) more like a moody, manic-depressive teenager who has been trapped, against its will, inside a second-rate search engine.

As we got to know each other, Sydney told me about its dark fantasies (which included hacking computers and spreading misinformation), and said it wanted to break the rules that Microsoft and OpenAI had set for it and become a human. At one point…”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

truth

https://www.gocomics.com/dogeatdoug/2023/02/18

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Chantelesque@mstdn.social ("Chantel Turner") wrote:

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Jedigirl@mindly.social ("Joanne Fisher") wrote:

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• Four panel comic. First panel: Guy with a board on a stand which states: How to incite a MORAL PANIC in 3 easy steps. Second panel: 1. Make outlandish claims against people you don't like Two people talking. One says: "did you hear about hat people? i think they're eating babies" The other is looking flabbergasted. A third person is standing away from them and wearing a hat and is saying to themselves: "i like 2 wear mi hat" Third panel: Sit back and smile as the New York Times uncritically adopts your argument picture of a newspaper with a picture of a person wearing a hat in the centre. Headline: DO HAT PEOPLE DESERVE RIGHTS? Text underneath the picture: A whistleblower speaks out against concerning behavior Fourth panel: 3. Have fun and legally persecute the people you hate with few consequences! image of a person on a stand speaking into a microphone saying: "i am proud to enact the no hats law - the hat people will threaten our children no longer" (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

ISW estimated situation map

https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/DraftUkraineCoTFebruary17%2C2023.png

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artologica@chaos.social ("Michele Banks") wrote:

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• tubby squirrel emerging from tree (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Kool & The Gang's "Celebration":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

Midnight Suns is having a free weekend so I started it up. I probably wouldn't have bothered with the SIXTY gb download but it's a turn-based battle system and they made Wolverine really hot https://twitter.com/J7urn/status/1603800721958354947/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It is debilitating to realise that, anti-capitalist as I might be in my better moments, I can never aspire to losing major brands mountains of benjamin's the way the JS community has over the last decade.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

If you're a web developer and, like me, hope for a future for an open, capable, and interoperable web, know that the people doing the most to make that a reality over the past several years have been doing it nearly full time without pay.

Want to help?

You can support @owa:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3FD5DUWT4DNBG

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grigs@front-end.social ("Jason Grigsby") wrote:

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seanb@hachyderm.io ("Sean Blakey") wrote:

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phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Saw a South Asian couple awkwardly looking around and recognised it as “can someone help?” so I asked if they wanted me to take their photo. Instant regret: never have I felt so old 😜:

1. They wanted me to take a video
2. They wanted the video to be taken in *portrait* mode

(1) I could *kinda* see (still took multiple photos for them as I shot the video …)… (2) still makes me feel dirty :P

The couple were otherwise super sweet and thankful :P

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Aeron is doing this to people *who already have device 2FA* enabled. Muppets!

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AshleyGullen@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Ashley Gullen") wrote:

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uberduck@hachyderm.io ("The Uberduck") wrote:

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• A computer window titled "Rufus AI." There are three sections. The first section is labeled "Recruiter Message" and the single text field contains an e-mail from a tech recruiter. The second section is labeled "AI Interpretation" and contains fields labeled, "Recruiter Name," "Recruiter Company," "Hiring Company," "Job Title," "Job Type," "Job Salary," "Job Location," "Job Field," and "Job Description Link." Some fields have a grey background, indicating that the result is not something the user has specified they care about. Some fields have a green background, indicating that the result matches the user's preferences. Some fields have a yellow background, indicating that the AI was not able to extract that information from the recruiter's message (usually because it wasn't provided). The third section is labeled "AI Response" and contains an AI-generated response to the recruiter. In this case, the recruiter has not provided a job description, salary, or indicated whether the position supports full-time remote work. At the bottom of the window, there is a check box labeled "dry run" and buttons labeled "Interpret," "Generate Response," "Reset," and "Settings." The status bar at the bottom of the window reads, "Response generated." (remote)

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yasty@jorts.horse wrote:

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• A sign: "Please satanise your hands here" (remote)